Young Jeezy says duet album with AKON is a possibility

By: Yves Erwin Salomon

Young Jeezy and Akon hooked up for the Top Ten hit "Soul Survivor" last year, and the two recently recorded a song for Young Jeezy's forthcoming album, The Inspiration: Thug Motivation 102. Jeezy told MTV.com that the two men might record a duet project in the future. The rapper said, "We got a good chemistry. A lot of people ask me why I went back with him (for my new album). It makes sense. We're cut from the same cloth. What he sings about is what I speak about. I know we make a gang of good music together. Why hold it back? It's for the 'hood."

The rapper added, "We kind of chop it up. But on 'Soul Survivor,'he surprised me. I thought it was too big of a record. I didn't get it at first. I did my verse, we sat back and listened to it, I said, 'Cool.'But I didn't get it. Now I get it."

As for the title of the new album, which is due in October, Jeezy said, "The Inspiration, I feel that more than anything. I inspire people like they inspire me. We trade off. The Inspiration is the manual. Something you pick up. I won't say like the Good Book, but it inspires you to do what you doing. The reason why I wanted Thug Motivation 102, that's what I'm still on. It ain't really about no money. I do this because this is what I love to do. I love to see people react to the things I say. I didn't want to get too far away from what I did."